Central Europe and Northern Eurasia Vocaulary

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Kievian Rus 900 ce (Eastern Europe)		system in which the government controls most aspects of political and economic life
Steppe		the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia
Ruble		sea almost completely surrounded by land
Command economy		treeless plain the Arctic where short grasses and mosses grow
Permafrost		coniferous forest found south of the tundra in Northern Eurasia
Caucasus Region		temperate grassland that is often lightly wooded, found in Europe and Asia
Taiga		group of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
Entrepreneur		a revolution without bloodshed which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s
Velvet Revolution		the process of selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners
Diversity		a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen
Czar		an emperor of Russia before 1917
Balkanize		to surrender one's office, throne, or authority
Plains		governing council in the former Soviet Union
Siberia		an economic system that is controlled by a single central government
Annex		a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Eurasia		a policy of economic restructuring in the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Privatization		the currency of the Russian Federation
Tundra		system of selling goods and services outside official channels
Communism		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Abdicate		a person who starts and builds a business
Black market		to formally add a region to a country
Glasnost		to increase the variety of something, such as industries
Soviet		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
democratic backsliding		Based on the trade city of Kiev Adopts Christianity, Becomes the center of Eastern Europe Destroyed by the Mongols
Ethnic group		an extensive area of level and rolling, treeless country, often covered by rich, fertile soil.
Inland sea		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Perestroika		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Balkan Region		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

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Balkan Region		an economic system that is controlled by a single central government
Command economy		a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Siberia		a policy of economic restructuring in the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Glasnost		the currency of the Russian Federation
Perestroika		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Caucasus Region		a person who starts and builds a business
Ruble		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
democratic backsliding		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Entrepreneur		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Balkanize		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

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Kievian Rus 900 ce (Eastern Europe)		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Plains		a person who starts and builds a business
Caucasus Region		to formally add a region to a country
Balkanize		to increase the variety of something, such as industries
Annex		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
Diversity		Based on the trade city of Kiev Adopts Christianity, Becomes the center of Eastern Europe Destroyed by the Mongols
democratic backsliding		an extensive area of level and rolling, treeless country, often covered by rich, fertile soil.
Balkan Region		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Siberia		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Entrepreneur		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

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Velvet Revolution		system in which the government controls most aspects of political and economic life
Inland sea		the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia
Eurasia		sea almost completely surrounded by land
Permafrost		treeless plain the Arctic where short grasses and mosses grow
Taiga		coniferous forest found south of the tundra in Northern Eurasia
Privatization		temperate grassland that is often lightly wooded, found in Europe and Asia
Ethnic group		group of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
Steppe		a revolution without bloodshed which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s
Tundra		the process of selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners
Communism		a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen

Central Europe and Northern Eurasia Vocaulary

Central Europe and Northern Eurasia Vocaulary

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